Clothes-support



E. E. MULL.

CLOTHES SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. I920.

1,362,730; Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

UNITED STATES EDWARD EVERETT MULL, 0F OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-SUPPORT.

Specif cation of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Applicationfiled June 14, 1920. Serial No. 388,954.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD EVERETT MULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes supports and the like.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character which may be folded when not in use and which when in use is readily held in position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent throughout the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device showing the supporting arms in folded position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken of the supporting arms in extended position and Fig. 3 is a plan view illustratingthe plate upon which the supporting arms are supported.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indlcates a fiat plate preferably circular in form although not necessarily limited to such construction. The plate is provided centrally thereof with a vertically extended and elongated slot 11, the curvature of the lower end of the slot being upon an are having the center of the plate as its center.

The plate 10 is likewise provided with diametrically opposed arcuate slots 12 and 13, these slots extending through an angle of 90 degrees and having as their center the same center which forms the center of the curvature of the lower end of the slot in the plate. The upper end of the slot 12 or upper slot is provided with a vertically extending offset recess 14 and the lower end of the lower slot 13 is provided with a similar vertically extended recess 15. By inspecting the drawings it will be seen that these offset portions are diametrically oposed. Arranged intermediate the slot 11 and the ends of the slots 12 and 13, bearing the recesses 14 and 15 are outstanding lugs 16 formed upon, or. secured to the plates 10. These lugs are provided with vertically alined apertures 17 adapted for the reception of a bolt or shaft 18, the axis of the bolt being parallel to the plate and parallel to a line connecting the ends of the slots 12 and 13 bearing the extensions 14 and 15. Mounted upon the bolt 18 to oscillate thereon are supporting arms 19 arranged at right angles to the bolt.

A wall attaching plate 20 is provided with inverted hole slots 21 adapted to receive spaced supporting members (not shown) which are provided upon the wall. The periphery of the supporting member 20 may be provided with hooks 22 for supporting garments or other articles.

The plate 10 is applied to the supporting member 20 by placing the screw 23 through the slot 11 in the center of the plate and other screws 24 to the recesses 14 and 15 of the slots 12 and 13. When the plate is secured to the support as indicated above, the bolt 18 will be vertically disposed and the arms 19 may be extended outwardly for use, swinging in the horizontal plane. When it is desired to fold the arms 19 against the wall out of the way this may be done by moving the plate 10 upwardly until the screws 24 thereof are freed from the recesses 14 and 15, when the plate may be rotated about the screw 23, until the opposite ends of the slots 12 and 13, engage the screws 24 when the bolt 18 will be horizontally disposed and the arms 19 will rotate thereabout and depend vertically therefrom.

As many changes are possible in the shape, size and arrangement of the various parts herein shown and described, I do not limit myself to the particular construction hereinbefore set forth, but may make any such changes, without departing from the spirit of the invention, or the scope of the sub-joined claim.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

In a clothes rack, the combination with a support having a pivot screw, of a circular plate provided with a central elongated slot engaged by the pivot, screw,,sa-id plate having arms, clothes supporting rack arms pivotally mounted between the arms of the plate, the longitudinal axis of said rack arms overlying the pivot screw and extending in a direction parallel with the elongated slot,

said plate havin slots having certain of their ends disposed diametrically opposite points at rightangles to the longitudinal axis of the rack arms, and having their other ends terminating in lateral extensions adjacent the ends of the longitudinal axis of the rack arms and in the same directions in alinement with the central elongated slot, and diametrically opposite screws carried by the support and normally engaglng the slot ends which are at right angles to longitudinal axis of the rack arms, whereby upon rotating said plate, the diametrically opposite screws may be engaged by the lateral extensions of the arcuate slots, so as to hold the longitudinal axis of the rack arms in a horizontal plane.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature.

EDWARD EVERETT MULL. 

